An interesting note, Ali may be the one who is least inclined to kill the Mime right now. Xiao has his history with Noseybonk, and Rin feels about them the same way Ali feels about Hope right now - they broke into his home and hurt his friends; Rob and Mel may not find much left of the psycho mime when they finally arrive from across country.

Yeah, I kind of guessed Ali was going to pull out Ultimate Toughness. That was my plan if he attacked Rin.

Between the three of us, we "should" make quick work of these guys, and with Rin's Detect Intruders spell, that justifies him not chasing Artie right away. I figure all three of us light up Noseybonk the first round and then rip through the elites the next. That gives Artie at least a two round head start, so Chris can arrive just in time to deal with him.

Which is probably best for the story, since Rin has no idea he is being influenced by an outside source and would try to kill him for what he has done here.

Also, while I intended Aum Ra to return next one shot, I want to get a Halloween adventure in first. So after this adventure we're going to the Halloween Adventure, then we're going to have two one shots in a row, one set before the events of the Halloween adventure, and one after.